My Grad School Thoughts - Masters/PHD

[bjcheung77]

So, last night I revisited this Kaplan thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthr...?tid=26902
It stirred the thought of going to Kaplan University for my MBA (no concentration) vs going to Purdue's own online MBA. Purdue's a big name, public university, but it's lacking in online offerings! I only see a few Masters that can be completed online. For undergrad, they practically have nothing but an associates, they do have grad certs/pro development courses as well though.

I did a little digging and came up with this. I wonder if I should go for the program as it hits all the checkmarks! Cheap/Easy/Fast - Better as well, since it has ACBSP programmatic accreditation for ~$3500 to ~$5 grand, see below. The program reminds me of "ALEKS" as it's mainly based on assessments - readiness assessment, prepare/practice/study, final assessment. I want to start the program when they change their name first quarter of 2018 and after everything pans out properly & settled.

*sigh* It maybe better to start now and finish just right after they get everything done in first quarter, so I graduate with the "NewU" name. Details: View Kaplan website https://www.kaplanuniversity.edu/ and click link below "Why Kaplan U?" (Exciting News). If you want to read more, well - click the read more button on that page! duh! Kaplan Degree Links: https://www.kaplanuniversity.edu/student...-learning/

MBA Degree Basics: $1,550/6 week term - all you can take courses (assessments) MBA Degree Requires: 60 quarter credits (40 credits)
Two traditional courses worth 8 credits, 52 modules worth 1 credit each after you get to a "B" grade level on the assessments.
To keep the $ down, I can do this: Up to 75% Credit granted for Assessments, Life/Work Experience, etc at a cost of $1,500 PLA.
OR, if it's like ALEKS, I can go through those assessments ASAP and get everything done in TWO terms for the same price as PLA.